The Low House is a historic house on Laurel Way Extension in
Norfolk, Connecticut
Norfolk () is a town in Litchfield County, Connecticut, United States. The population was 1,588 at the 2020 census. The urban center of the town is the Norfolk census-designated place, with a population of 553 at the 2010 census.
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. Built in 1920, it is a local example of Georgian Revival architecture, designed by the New York architect
Alfredo S.G. Taylor
Alfredo S. G. Taylor (1872–1947) was an architect, of the New York firm Taylor & Levi, which he co-founded with Julian Clarence Levi.
He was educated at Harvard College, class of 1894, and received his B.S. from Columbia Graduate School of Arc ...
. It was listed on the
National Register of Historic Places
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in 1984, for its association with the architect.
Description and history
The Low House stands in a small residential area east of Norfolk's village center, down a private lane extending south from Laurel Way Extension. It consists of two rectangular -story wood-frame structures in the Georgian style, joined at right angles at one corner. Each section is covered by a gabled roof and is finished in wooden shingles. The facades are adorned with pilasters at regular intervals, and there are modillion blocks in the eaves. A single-story porch in the shape of a circle segment is located at the crook of the L, supported by paired round columns. Another open porch extends behind the western section.
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The house was built in 1920 for the Low family, who were friends with the Nobles who lived next door.
[ It was designed by ]Alfredo S.G. Taylor
Alfredo S. G. Taylor (1872–1947) was an architect, of the New York firm Taylor & Levi, which he co-founded with Julian Clarence Levi.
He was educated at Harvard College, class of 1894, and received his B.S. from Columbia Graduate School of Arc ...
, a New York City
New York, often called New York City or NYC, is the List of United States cities by population, most populous city in the United States. With a 2020 population of 8,804,190 distributed over , New York City is also the L ...
architect and a principal of the firm Levi and Taylor. Taylor summered in Norfolk, where he is credited with designing more than thirty buildings, many of them summer properties.[
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See also
* National Register of Historic Places listings in Litchfield County, Connecticut
References
{{National Register of Historic Places
Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Connecticut
National Register of Historic Places in Litchfield County, Connecticut
Colonial Revival architecture in Connecticut
Houses completed in 1920
Houses in Litchfield County, Connecticut
Norfolk, Connecticut